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A child resides within a young adult: The first reported case of Alström syndrome in Bangladesh.

Mushfiq Newaz AhmedNowshin JabinMohammad Azmain IktidarShohael Mahmud ArafatAbed Hussain KhanAvrow MitraRomana Chowdhury
Published in: Clinical case reports (2022)
A 32-year-old male case with short stature presented to us with audio-visual impairment, obesity, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia, and hypogonadism. The single-gene genetic analysis revealed an ALMS1 gene mutation. A diagnosis of ALMS was reached for meeting one major and four minor criteria.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • metabolic syndrome
  • insulin resistance
  • type diabetes
  • weight loss
  • mental health
  • weight gain
  • adipose tissue
  • dna methylation
  • gene expression
  • skeletal muscle
  • growth hormone
  • genome wide analysis